Current Affairs 28th April 2017
NATIONAL:
- No shortage of financial resources for central paramilitary forces: Home Ministry
- India successfully test-fires Agni-III ballistic missile
- Haryana’s Ballabgarh renamed as Balramgarh
- Uttar Pradesh cancels 15 government holidays
- Jharkhand Legislative Assembly to pass State GST bill today
- NITI Aayog’s vision: Houses, vehicles, ACs for all by 2032
- Union Government takes 10 new Swachh Iconic Places under Swachh BharatMission
- PM Narendra Modi launches UDAN scheme, flags off first UDAN flight on Shimla-Delhi route
- India notifies conformity to UN resolution of imposing sanctions on North Korea
INTERNATIONAL
- NASA’s Cassini spacecraft successfully travels between Saturn and its rings
- ISRO launches solar calculator app
- Wikipedia founder to launch new site to tackle fake news
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- SEBI allows options trading in commodities market
- Air India opens booking for Shimla-New Delhi flight under UDAN
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- Scientists create ‘Artificial Womb’
AWARDS AND HONOURS :
- Srishti Kaur crowned Miss Teen Universe 2017
APPOINTMENTS:
- Nita Ambani made Member of IOC’s Olympic Channel Commission
- Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar appointed as Director General of Central Reserve Police Force
SPORTS NEWS:
- PV Sindhu storms into quarters of Badminton Asia Championships
- Maria Sharapova makes winning return to tennis after 15-month doping ban
OBITUARY:
- Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna passes away at 70
